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Echo
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Messier Catalogue
#82281 - 03/31/04 05:00 PM

Welcome to the Messier Catalogue Project

This will be a long term and ongoing project to collect photos of all 110 Messier Objects. I would like to collect several photos of each object using various mediums. These don't have to be professional level photographs so don't be shy! If we can capture photos showing what you see visually, all the better! Please list the following information with each photo:

Your Full name
Where you reside (Town and Country)
Time and Date of the photo
Equipment and processing used

We respectfully request that all work be original. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve! Tina

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Charles
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Echo]
#82305 - 03/31/04 05:57 PM

DO you want them posted here? I would recommend building a FORUM for just this collection, and then building a thread for each of the messiers! That way all the images will be posted in the proper thread. At the end we could decide which images will make up the catalogue. You could make each of the threads sticky and not allow any new threads to be created.

My opinion!
Charles

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Ralph McIntosh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Charles]
#82311 - 03/31/04 06:10 PM

Charles, good idea.

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Echo
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Ralph McIntosh]
#82341 - 03/31/04 07:00 PM

Not if you are the moderator! I want to keep things right here for now. If it overgrows it boundaries I will consider moving it. Thanks for the suggestions.

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Edited by Echo (03/31/04 07:04 PM)

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Ralph McIntosh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Echo]
#82344 - 03/31/04 07:11 PM Attachment (792 downloads)

M103

Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
15.3.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
Losmandy GM-8
Canon 10D

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Ralph McIntosh]
#82358 - 03/31/04 07:47 PM

Great idea. File size limit? 60k? 100k? 1 Gig?

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Echo
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Suk Lee]
#82373 - 03/31/04 08:05 PM

Suk,
60-100k should be alright.

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82394 - 03/31/04 08:24 PM Attachment (819 downloads)

M82
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/2/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/CFW8, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82396 - 03/31/04 08:25 PM Attachment (651 downloads)

M81
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/8/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/CFW8/AO7, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82397 - 03/31/04 08:26 PM Attachment (631 downloads)

M104
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/10/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/AO7, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82400 - 03/31/04 08:27 PM Attachment (525 downloads)

M95
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/19/04
Mewlon 250, ST2000/AO7, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82404 - 03/31/04 08:28 PM Attachment (540 downloads)

M81 & M82
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/21/03
Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82405 - 03/31/04 08:29 PM Attachment (486 downloads)

M3
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/28/04
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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82407 - 03/31/04 08:30 PM Attachment (461 downloads)

M20 & M21
Suk Lee
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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82411 - 03/31/04 08:32 PM Attachment (447 downloads)

M52 & Bubble Nebula
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82414 - 03/31/04 08:33 PM Attachment (434 downloads)

M33
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
10/12/02
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82415 - 03/31/04 08:34 PM Attachment (436 downloads)

M45
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
11/01/02
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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82418 - 03/31/04 08:36 PM Attachment (467 downloads)

M42
Suk Lee
Fairview, TX, USA
12/7/02 Epsilon 160, ST2000/CFW8, AP900
12/22/02 Questar 7, ST2000/CFW8, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82424 - 03/31/04 08:43 PM Attachment (384 downloads)

M44
Suk Lee
Pleasanton, CA, USA
3/15/04
Nikon F3/300mm f4 @ f4, IDAS filter, Elite Chrome 200, AP900

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82430 - 03/31/04 08:47 PM Attachment (473 downloads)

M38 & Flaming Star Nebula
Suk Lee
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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82435 - 03/31/04 08:50 PM Attachment (387 downloads)

M35 & IC443
Suk Lee
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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82439 - 03/31/04 08:57 PM Attachment (441 downloads)

M8, M16, M17, M18, M20, M21, M23, M24, M25
Suk Lee
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Nikon 50mm f1.4 @ f2.8, Mandel Adapter, ST2000/CFW8, AP900

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Charles
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#82544 - 03/31/04 11:33 PM Attachment (495 downloads)

M33
Oct 22 & 23 2003
Charles Hover
Enterprise, Al
TOA-130, Sbig 10XME

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Tom L

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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Charles]
#82563 - 03/31/04 11:58 PM

Charles, a picture from the future of the past!

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Edited by Tom L (03/31/04 11:59 PM)

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Charles
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Tom L]
#82578 - 04/01/04 12:11 AM

Jpeg format just does not do any justice for it. Looks a lot better in its original format.

Thanks
Charles

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Ralph McIntosh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Charles]
#82679 - 04/01/04 07:26 AM

Mhh, I don't think that's what Tom meant

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Suk Lee
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#83010 - 04/01/04 05:12 PM Attachment (388 downloads)

M13
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MarkK
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#83037 - 04/01/04 05:49 PM Attachment (427 downloads)

M 51
Mark Keitel
Tampa Florida
3/26/04
Tak FRC300 SBIG10xe HaLRGB

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MarkK
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

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#83039 - 04/01/04 05:55 PM Attachment (399 downloads)

M 66
Mark Keitel
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miniventures
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: MarkK]
#83384 - 04/01/04 11:35 PM

You guys, these photos are amazing, my jaw is on the floor

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Tom L

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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: miniventures]
#83777 - 04/02/04 04:24 PM

Yep, this is going to be quite a gallery when we have all of them!

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Ralph McIntosh
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Echo]
#83869 - 04/02/04 07:35 PM Attachment (476 downloads)

M45

Ralph McIntosh
Hanau, Germany
16.2.2004
GSO 200/800mm Newton
H-EQ5
Canon 10D

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Charles
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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Ralph McIntosh]
#83891 - 04/02/04 08:21 PM

Beautiful image Ralph. M45 and Venus are almost on top of each other right now tonight!

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Tom L

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Re: Messier Catalogue new

[Re: Charles]
#83895 - 04/02/04 08:26 PM